The photo provided by Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Duesseldorf, western Germany, shows Markus Eiche, left, as Wolfram and Thorsten Gruembel as Landgraf performing in front of the choir in a scene of the ...
Tannhäuser is an 1845 opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, the legendary medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg ...
Of all the mature operas of Richard Wagner, “Tannhauser” requires perhaps the greatest indulgence from all but the most uncritical of Wagnerites. For one thing, it is long and repetitious, lasting ...
This undated photo, taken by an SS guard, shows women prisoners lined up for a hard labor assignment at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland during World War II. BERLIN (AP) — A modern ...
There was more than the usual amount of opening night buzz Tuesday at the War Memorial Opera House, as the San Francisco Opera unveiled its new production of “Tannhauser.” Wagner’s opera hadn’t been ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With this expansive new production of Tannhauser, Melbourne Opera takes not just a great leap forward but a hop-skip-and-jump across the ...
A modern version of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser has been cancelled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in gas chambers. A ...
Though the majesty of the music may be what initially attracts people to Wagner, it’s the intellectual and emotional depth of his operas that turns fans into addicts. Wagner’s operas operate on the ...
The plug has been officially pulled on a controversial new German production of Wagner’s “Tannhauser” that used Nazi costumes and other imagery from the Third Reich. The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in ...
In my 20-odd years as an opera critic, I have only once before encountered a British production of Tannhäuser. Yet, in Wagner’s lifetime, it was his most popular work, focused on that favourite ...
A modern production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" is causing a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and members of a family having their heads ...